Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: obedience
IPA transcription: [oʊb'idiəns]
Pronunciations of obedience
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: obedience, obeisance
    Meaning: the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
Usage examples
  • Obedience to her will was yet powerful within him.
  • Robin went to her--oh, poor little soul!--in utter obedience.
  • A prison is a convent without God-- Poverty, Chastity, Obedience Its precepts are:
  • He learned obedience both by the things that He did, and the things that He suffered.
  • The youth, with his manner of doglike obedience, got carefully down like a crone stooping.
  • In England they were invested with extraordinary powers, and in certain cases owed obedience to none save the Pope.
  • The storm exasperated him, the gale made him furious, and he longed to lash the obstinate sea into obedience. Poor fellow!
  • It was a breathless moment: perhaps no man really prayed, if some in a spirit of devout obedience made the effort to pray.
  • On the present occasion, however, she judged that the claim of James to her obedience ought to yield to a claim more sacred.
  • What was at first obedience to authority became a second nature, and the Parsees to this day abstain both from beef and pork.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jesus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rosary, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Black Russian Terrier, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Pope Clement I, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Some Thoughts Concerning Education, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Milgram experiment, License CC BY-SA 4.0